In Austin, Texas it started to come into view at about 8:20 PM CST Monday. It is my understanding that tonight it should be a little higher and appear several minutes later. If you have older eyes like me, I would recommend using binoculars to help find it. I kept looking just above the horizon, but it was actually higher than I expected. I was fortunate to have an astronomy buff with me who had watched it the night before and who brought out his star viewing rig to observe it. I must say, I am pretty good at finding things when someone has me look through their binoculars which are mounted on a tripod and locked on to the object.

Got some good shots this evening. The vacating storm system left some very clear air and I was able to follow the comet down to the horizon. Still, the sky could have been darker but made the best of it.

I have 2cameras, 3 scopes and great western horizon......and just spent the day in ER after my knee blew out at work. Can't even stand up, let alone take a photo. Maybe in a few days. Murphy has struck.

I have 2cameras, 3 scopes and great western horizon......and just spent the day in ER after my knee blew out at work. Can't even stand up, let alone take a photo. Maybe in a few days. Murphy has struck.

No worries. Though it will fade some in the coming weeks it will also be higher in the sky and have a darker background. It will be a binocular object through most of April so still possible to photograph. What was special tonight was it's proximity to the moon which I was hoping would have been a bit closer. 300mm was about the most you could go with a full frame camera and still get both in the frame.

I have 2cameras, 3 scopes and great western horizon......and just spent the day in ER after my knee blew out at work. Can't even stand up, let alone take a photo. Maybe in a few days. Murphy has struck.

East Wind, I like your first and second ones best. Also very good earthshine on the moon. Hopefully I can get a few shots, probably with my 135, or 85.

Here's one I shot of the Orion Nebula about a year ago. There's star trailing, but you can still see it. 10 seconds with 400 f/5.6L and crop camera (roughly 600mm equivalent), ISO 800. It was still very under-exposed...so got a lot of banding and chrominance noise when I lifted it in post, but I tried to take some of the noise out.

How do I post an image? otherwise - here is my flickr image of comet panstarrs - taken with the canon 6D 200mm F4 ISO 6400 5s (normally would shoot 3s at this focal length) about one hour after sunset in Perth Western Australia http://www.flickr.com/photos/59977949@N04/8525459685/#

I hope so. Should still have a few good days before needing the telescope, at least I hope so.thanks atosk930. Eastwind I really like the moon solo and in #2 Uranus is the dot to the lower right of panstars.I plan to work on the comet tonight. What was the southern comet a few years back that had a tail like 10 deg long?would be great if ISON would be like that.